republicans have to stop den denying the beiging and browning of the country and open the tent to bring voters in, or in a few cycles they won't be able to find enough white vote to take themselves over the top. >> bret: we'll talk about the soul searching in the republican party in the next panel. i do want to talk about the compromise and the physical cliff and what was said by speaker boehner today. and reaction to it. >> two paths to take to get to presidency. feeding the growth of got through higher tax rates won't help us solve the problem. treating the growth of our economy through better tax code will. mr. president, this is your moment. we are ready to be led. not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. we have want you to lead. not as a liberal or conservative, but as president of the united states of america. we want you to succeed. let's challenge ourselves to find common ground that alluded us. >> charles? >> what boehner is saying is what tip o'neil and dan rasbokowsky said in '86 when they worked out tax plan with reagan. the debt commission said. obama has religio